Well, it is such an important part of what the country is, and the value of our linguistic duality can't be overstated. I tried to make that point in my opening remarks. Canada is a great country, in part, because of its tremendous past and the fact that we were founded by these two great peoples, and now we want to perpetuate that. I think it's a great strength of our country, no question.
On October 24th, 2006. See this statement in context.